Blog by Tag: Year 4

Today, we started our unit on ‘Living things and their Habitats’. We worked in small groups to sort living things into different categories and discussed the life processes that living things need to happen to be able to survive.

Year 4 learned all about rivers earlier in the year, but today they had the chance to take a journey down the River Lune, from its source at Newbiggin-on-Lune in Cumbria all the way down to the estuary beyond Glasson Dock. We started off at St. Helen's Well - the source of the Lune - just outside…

In Maths, we have been identifying and making polygons. First, we sorted different shapes into regular and irregular polygons. Then we were set the challenge of using six equilateral triangles to create different polygons. 

We have had lots of fun learning to play crown green bowls with Coach Dan. At the start of the afternoon we struggled to roll the bowls onto the target but by the end we had improved so much. We played lots of mini tournaments that focused on our technique and distance.

We have been learning all about angles so today we went outside to look for and take photos of angles in our outdoor area. We then tried to make different angles using our bodies. Finally, we made pictures with sticks and twigs and labelled each acute, obtuse and right angle. 
 

As part of our experience day for our English unit, Mrs Walsh brought her camper van to school so we could spend some time looking in it and comparing it to an old fashioned caravan. Gran, in our story, lived in a 1970’s caravan and it was called Gran-a-van. We were amazed at how much could be…

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.
 

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.

We have had a really fun afternoon learning all about the ancient Greeks. Professor Tuesday told us all about the different city-states and we acted out key parts of each one. We also made a human timeline showing the main periods of history during the Ancient Greek times. She then gave us lots of…

Today, we have started our unit on humans and animals. We drew round a child and then had a go at drawing the bones we have in our body. We were a little unsure to begin with but Cedric the Skeleton arrived to help us name some of the 206 bones in our body. We learnt lots of interesting facts…

Today, Year 4 started their English unit on classical poetry. We have been looking at the poems of TS Eliot in his book Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The first poem is all about naming cats. According to TS Eliot, all cats should have 3 names including a secret one. We made cat badges…

We were investigating air resistance today. We made different sized parachutes and dropped them from a height to see which landed first. We found out that the larger the canopy the slower the parachute travelled to the ground. We discussed all the different variables and how to make the test fair.